Sunday, September 23, 2007

Yahoo LAUNCHCAST Song Of The Day-Freddie Hubbard


Artist:Freddie Hubbard w/Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Song:Up Jumped Spring

Album:The Artist Selects





Freddie Hubbard is one of the all time greats of the jazz trumpet. he was born Apr. 7, 1938 in Indianapolis. He played early on with Wes & Monk Montgomery until he moved to New York in 1958. His playing style was very much in the vein of the late Clifford Brown or Lee Morgan. He started recording as a leader for Blue Note in 1960 and then replaced Lee Morgan in Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers in 1961. This 2005 Blue Note Comp consists of 1960s recordings selected by Hubbard himself. Up Jumped Spring is a classic from the 1962 Art Blakey album Three Blind Mice. Hubbard wrote the song and other musicians include Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Cedar Walton on piano and Jymie Merritt on bass. Hubbard left Blakey to form his own group and left Blue Note for Atlantic in 1966. He recorded some classic albums for CTI in the early 70s and then Columbia Records tried to commercialize him in the mid 70s. Freddie Hubbard suffered a serious lip injury in 1992 and hasn't been that active in recent years. But The Artist Selects harkens back to the glory days of his youth. It's a good introduction for newcomers. Here's Freddie Hubbard with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers performing the classic Moanin' in 1962.

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